Now in glorious color

For those of you who like that sort of thing.

Galactus, age 7

"Hey everybody, it's me, Li'l Galactus! Jiminy crickets, I sure am hungry!"

and with that there was a great deal of weeping and gnashing of teeth.

No, not really.

Aint That Kind of Street Fight: New Print 4 Sale!

What kind of street fight is it anyway?

I don't know, but it looks like your friend and mine, The Professor, is ready for whatever it may be.

For those who are so inclined, a 16" x 20" print of this sweet image is now available via the internet. just follow this handy link.

Don't Know How to Party

They're all done!

The books I've been working on that I've been so hush-hush about. Actually, I finished them at the end of last week, but I've spent most of this week catching up around the house.

So, what are these books you ask? 2 superhero graphic novels for Stone Arch Books about a character named Princess Candy. I'm not giving up any plot details, I'll leave that up to the publisher. I can say that they are sort of early-reader type books for kids about 8-12 or so and they were wicked fun to work on. The image above is one of my favorite panels from book 2.

Below are the two cover images.




In other news, I'm about to get back into the Yeti 4 Hire dummy and some others that I have planned. I'll post some stuff for that as it progresses.

She keeps Moet et Chandon in a pretty cabinet

Still going...

Work continues on freelance job at break-neck speed, but I took some moments whilst my computer was doing other things (scanning, saving and copying large files from one machine to another) to squeeze out the above little thinger. It' was hastily drawn with an ultra fine point sharpie and I liked it so much I scanned it in and did me some quick digital paintin'. I've been drawing a lot of cute things lately and this old bag is decidedly un-cute, so it was a welcome change. Not that I have anything against cute things. Some of my favorite things in the world are cute... my wife, my kids, mini-cheeseburgers.

mmmm....mini-cheeseburgers.

Speaking of mini-cheeseburgers, do not get the burger shots from Burger King. They are a deception of the evil one and will hurt you in the belly area. Hurt you bad.

That's your P.S.A. for the day.

three years, seven days

I missed the blog's birthday again. I'm terrible at remembering dates and such these days. Sorry FWAKS. We'll get that pony next year, ok?

So yeah, three years and seven days of narcissistic self-indulgence. So how do we celebrate it? With a new picture. Do you love it, and by extension, love me?

I'm really looking forward to 2009, I think it's going to be a good year for me, illustration-wise. All of these jobs that came up at the end of 08 and that have flowed over into 09 have really jumpstarted things in a big way for me. Look for updates soon.

The above image is from the previously mentioned coloring book, which I recently finished. It was actually a part of a larger composition, and it was black and white. Coloring it for the book would have been mean, like handing it to the kid and saying "you wanna coloring book?" and he's be all, "hell yes!" and then I hand it to him and he opens it and it was all colored in already, and I was like,"PSYCHE!"

(apologies to my former english teachers for the atrocious disregard for proper grammar in the above paragraph.)

Carrot Rope

Anybody wanna start a Pavement cover band with me?

Anybody?

I Will Challenge the Mighty Titan and his Troubadours

So here's a sampling of some images from a project I'm working on. There are little stories that go in the middle, each centered around a certain letter. The books they belong to are english workbooks for kids in other countries. There are 20 illustrations in all but these are a few of my favorites.

Head temporarily above water

Happy 12th day of the new year. It should be known that I always wait at least 12 days to acknowledge anything new.

As I mentioned in my previous posts (I think I did anyway) I'm wicked busy. Seriously. I've got projects on top of projects. It's been a challenge but it's going fairly well. I'm tired, but my wife hasn't left me and my kids still remember my name. Ok, granted, they've taken to referring to me as that weird guy who draws in the basement all night, but that's close enough.

The above image is the cover of a coloring book that I'm working on for a client who wants to hand these out to the children of people who use their services. I had to move quickly on it but I'm pleased with the results.

I just finished a really big part of a workbook project that has been keeping me really busy, so I'll probably be posting some of those soon.

Excelsior!

Kim's Watermelon Gun

Just posting for the sake of posting. Isn't that why most of us post in the first place?

It's Friday and the weekend is nearly upon us. Not many big plans or anything, mostly working. I am probably going to load the family truckster tomorrow (with family, of course) and drive out to IKEA in PA. Should be grand. While our abode isn't all IKEA'ed up or anything, I do like the designs of many of there products and haven't been to one of their retail outlets in quite some time.

In other news, my kids are watching DuckTales dvds like it's their job. I grabbed one from the library on a whim, thinking they might like it and we have since relieved the Boardman Library of their entire collection of DuckTales for the week. If you're there looking for DuckTales, don't bother. Not until after the weekend, when we return them. The animation is horrible for most of the episodes, but it's a pretty fun show and the kids are really into it. I have to say, it's kind of nice to see something that's supposed to be a humorous adventure show that isn't so freaking cynical. I like a lot of tv animation that's been going on for the last few years, but it would be nice to have something without all the "'tude" to balance it out. John K talks alot about the whole 'tude phenomenon on his blog, but I'm too lazy to link it. I largely agree with him though.

There's one episode in particular that the kids can't get enough of, "The Lost Crown of Ghegis Khan" which features an Abominable Snow Woman. It's very funny to hear a 5 and a 2 year old attempt to say abominable. Generally it sounds like domino.

The rest of the Disney Afternoon has not been as well received. Darkwing Duck seemed mildly amusing to them, but Talespin was totally panned. We have yet to try Chip N' Dales Rescue Rangers.